by Dr Slippy » Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:02 am
[quote="Stevie Clarke"]Shades of Accies 1 Dundee 6 in December 2011. First season back down, it was even 0-6 when we got a late consolation from Imrie. Billy Reid survived that and stayed until April 2013.
That was exactly the game I was thinking of last night. Total aberration and both could have ended more than 6.
I have to admit I thought ST wasn’t a bad appointment when it was made, but I now have the fear.
He seems to have the vanity of a lot of these modern managers who are more obsessed with their “vision” or “project” rather than the immediate needs of the team.
I’m all for playing the pretty football when we have players with the ability and confidence to do it, but that has to be a longer term aim.
In the here and now it is about steadying the ship, and making the best of the poor squad he has inherited.
Players should be playing in their best positions and doing what they are able to do with their limited abilities. That is not happening at the moment.
Arbroath are a great example of making the best of what they have and playing to their strengths. Accies at their best have been able to do that over the last 10 years or so.
Stuart, forget about the process, the project, the vision and all these other corporate cliches, and just get the best 11 on the park, playing tactics they understand and doing their best.
Maybe in time if we can strengthen the squad and gain a bit of belief can we look at the other stuff.